Does Broadcom pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Broadcom employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Broadcom. This rating has improved by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Broadcom?

51% of Broadcom employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Broadcom 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.7 for culture and values and 3.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Broadcom?

Software Engineer (327) , Senior Software Engineer (162) , Principal Engineer (119) , Technical Support Engineer (117) , Principal Software Engineer (115) , Engineer (104) , Intern (93) , Staff Engineer (80) , Member Of Technical Staff (75) , Manager (63) , IC Design Engineer (55) , Director (51) , Staff Software Engineer (51) , Solutions Architect (49) , Test Engineer (46)

What are the pros of working at Broadcom according to real employee reviews?

"1. Overall CTC (Pay) is good (due to RSUs and ESPP option)" ((in 451 reviews)); "The working time is quite flexible.Compensation and benefits are good." ((in 340 reviews)); "Stock price is good if you have a lot of them salary is about average." ((in 327 reviews)); "The people I work with are great and the direct managers I worked with are approachable and willing to help." ((in 295 reviews)); "Compensation was good but not notably better than my prior employers in the SF Bay Area." ((in 249 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Broadcom according to real employee reviews?

"bad management and not that efficient." ((in 227 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs and reorgs." ((in 225 reviews)); "No job security and lay off people frequently" ((in 141 reviews)); "No work from home and on call" ((in 114 reviews)); "Demoralising at times especially if you have a bad manager" ((in 89 reviews))

What are employees saying about Broadcom layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Broadcom layoffs and their outlook for job security at Broadcom in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Broadcom locations?

München , Darmstadt , Regensburg

Broadcom reviews

3.3

51% would recommend to a friend

(6,364 total reviews)

Hock E. Tan

61% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

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Broadcom has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 6,364 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Broadcom employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Produktion industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

6K reviews

4.0

Jan 10, 2013

Great place to spend your working hour.

Senior principal software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Company is doing very well in the marketplace, creating many opportunities to keep customers happy. Very broad IP and wildly successful in may technical areas. Lots of highly technical expertise home grown in the company!

Cons

Training is not so good. Long history and a large code base creates a burden to ramp up and be productive and successful on projects quickly.

4.0

Jan 9, 2013

keep growing company

Principal software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

keep growing and hiring more engineers. strong on mobile industry especially WiFi, BT, GPS combo as well as cable modem and network solution. Mobile baseband business has grown so quickly for several years too.

Cons

Working environment is really customer oriented , which means it's really hard sometimes but it can be one of strong point of business.

5.0

Jan 6, 2013

Top notch employer with a challenge for everyone

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Founder is still with the company - Consistently outperforms the competition - Smart acquisitions, efficient integration

Cons

- Getting to be a big company - Uneven workload across the organization - Increasingly important legacy business i.e. you might not be working on the next hot product

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Great place to spend your working hour.

keep growing company

Top notch employer with a challenge for everyone

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